Some of my art work from the past year.

I’ve been fairly productive as a painter this past year. I took a couple of painting courses at the U. of North Florida. I’ve also done quite a few paintings for my own edification. I’m still very much an amateur, so don’t expect too much. The quality of my paintings are pretty uneven. Almost every painting is something new for me, attempts at doing something I haven’t done before. I have to try different things in order to improve both specifically and generally. So, here are a few of my paintings.


Rosenlaui, Bernice Oberland, Switzerland
Acrylic on canvas paper, 10 1/2” x 14 1/2”



Bridge in Venice
Acrylic on canvas paper, 7 1/2” x 10 1/2”



Chillon Castle, Lake Geneva, Switzerland
Acrylic on canvas paper, 10 1/2” x 14 1/2”



Untitled
Acrylic on canvas paper, 11” x 14”


Untitled
Acrylic on canvas paper, 11” x 14”


Still Life
Oil on canvas, 18” x 24”

This gives an idea of what I’ve been doing. Hope you enjoyed the tour.

A few of my paintings from this summer.

The use of color  in my paintings this summer was self-taught experimentation. I came up with the idea of basing some of my paintings on books. I based the following four paintings on the Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyers.

Twilight (oil pastel on paper)

Eclipse (oil pastel on paper)

New Moon (oil pastel on paper)

Breaking Dawn (oil pastel on paper)

The following painting is based on a book by the religious mystic St. John of the Cross.

Dark Night of the Soul (soft pastel on paper)

This is an attempt to attain a three-dimensional effect in color.

Fish (soft pastel on paper)

A Portrait of the Artist as a Novice Artist

A few of my drawings and paintings.

Blind Contour Self-Portrait (pen and ink)

Wine Bottles and Mask (charcoal and conte)

Father and Child (soft pastels)

Street in France, or someplace in Europe (soft pastels)

Desert Moon (oil pastels)

The Studio (pastel and conte)

Mask (oil pastel)


Hope you enjoyed a few of my paintings and drawings.